粨 bǎi mǐ hectometer (old) / single-character equivalent of 百米[bai3 mi3] 部门 部門 bù mén department / branch / section / division / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 保密 bǎo mì to keep sth confidential / to maintain secrecy syn 避免 bì miǎn to avert / to prevent / to avoid / to refrain from syn 报名 報名 bào míng to sign up / to enter one's name / to apply / to register / to enroll / to enlist syn 表明 biǎo míng to make clear / to make known / to state clearly / to indicate / known syn 帮忙 幫忙 bāng máng to help / to lend a hand / to do a favor / to do a good turn syn 表面 biǎo miàn surface / face / outside / appearance syn 不满 不滿 bù mǎn resentful / discontented / dissatisfied syn 版面 bǎn miàn page of a publication (e.g. newspaper or website) / printing space (reserved for some content) / page layout 不明 bù míng not clear / unknown / to fail to understand syn 编码 編碼 biān mǎ to code / to encode / code 宝马 寶馬 bǎo mǎ precious horse 北美 běi měi North America 不免 bù miǎn inevitably syn 保姆 bǎo mǔ nanny / babysitter / housekeeper syn 笔名 筆名 bǐ míng pen name / pseudonym 布满 布滿 bù mǎn to be covered with / to be filled with syn 薄膜 bó mó membrane / film / CL:層|层[ceng2] 爸妈 爸媽 bà mā dad and mom 标明 標明 biāo míng to mark / to indicate syn 背面 bèi miàn the back / the reverse side / the wrong side syn 不妙 bù miào (of a turn of events) not too encouraging / far from good / anything but reassuring syn 饱满 飽滿 bǎo mǎn full / plump syn 别名 別名 bié míng alias / alternative name syn 白马 白馬 bái mǎ white horse 便秘 biàn mì constipation / Taiwan pr. [bian4bi4] syn 闭幕 閉幕 bì mù the curtain falls / lower the curtain / to come to an end (of a meeting) syn 把门 把門 bǎ mén to stand as a goalkeeper / to keep guard on a gate 表妹 biǎo mèi younger female cousin via female line 北面 běi miàn northern side / north 不忙 bù máng there's no hurry / take one's time 兵马 兵馬 bīng mǎ troops and horses / military forces syn 北门 北門 běi mén Peimen township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan 笔墨 筆墨 bǐ mò pen and ink / words / writing syn 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 摆明 擺明 bǎi míng to show clearly 本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name 斑马 斑馬 bān mǎ zebra / CL:匹[pi3] 保命 bǎo mìng to preserve one's life / to ensure one's survival 爆满 爆滿 bào mǎn filled to capacity (of theater, stadium, gymnasium etc) syn 罢免 罷免 bà miǎn to remove sb from their post / to dismiss syn 百忙 bǎi máng busy schedule 变卖 變賣 biàn mài to sell off (one's property) syn 毙命 斃命 bì mìng to meet violent death / to get killed syn 闭门 閉門 bì mén to close a door 编目 編目 biān mù to make a catalogue / catalogue / list 病魔 bìng mó serious illness syn 把脉 把脈 bǎ mài to feel the pulse / to take sb's pulse syn 白沫 bái mò froth / foam (coming from the mouth) syn 白面 白麵 bái miàn wheat flour / flour / heroin syn 悲鸣 悲鳴 bēi míng to utter a mournful cry / wail / groan syn 板面 板麵 bǎn miàn pan mee, aka banmian, a Hakka noodle soup dish, popular in Malaysia 奔马 奔馬 bēn mǎ (literary) (swift like a) speeding horse 奔忙 bēn máng to be busy rushing about / to bustle about syn 悲悯 悲憫 bēi mǐn to take pity on sb / compassionate syn 薄命 bó mìng to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women) / to be born unlucky syn 白米 bái mǐ (polished) rice syn 憋闷 憋悶 biē men to feel oppressed / to be depressed / to feel dejected syn 保母 bǎo mǔ variant of 保姆[bao3 mu3] 贝母 貝母 bèi mǔ the bulb of the fritillary (Fritillaria thunbergii) syn 暴民 bào mín a mob of people 白描 bái miáo line drawing in traditional ink-and-brush style / simple and straightforward style of writing 本末 běn mò the whole course of an event from beginning to end / ins and outs / the fundamental and the incidental syn 瓣膜 bàn mó valve (biological) syn 彪马 彪馬 biāo mǎ Puma (brand) 拔毛 bá máo to pull out hair / to pluck / epilation 辨明 biàn míng to clarify / to distinguish / to elucidate syn 薄暮 bó mù dusk / twilight syn 蓖麻 bì má castor-oil plant syn 鼻毛 bí máo nose hair 边民 邊民 biān mín people living on the frontiers / inhabitants of a border area 边门 邊門 biān mén side door / wicket door syn 苞米 bāo mǐ (dialect) corn / maize syn 奔命 bēn mìng to rush about on errands / to be kept on the run syn 报幕 報幕 bào mù announce the items on a (theatrical) program 被面 bèi miàn quilt 鸨母 鴇母 bǎo mǔ female brothel keeper / a bawd syn 斑蝥 bān máo Spanish 保苗 bǎo miáo to protect young plants, ensuring that enough survive to produce a good crop 不毛 bù máo barren 贲门 賁門 bēn mén cardia (anatomy) 褓姆 bǎo mǔ variant of 保姆[bao3 mu3] 碑铭 碑銘 bēi míng inscription on stone tablet 辩明 辯明 biàn míng to explain clearly / to elucidate syn 补码 補碼 bǔ mǎ complementary code / binary code with 0 and 1 interchanged 鞭毛 biān máo flagellum 便门 便門 biàn mén side door / wicket door 便帽 biàn mào cap 笔帽 筆帽 bǐ mào the cap of a pen, pencil, or writing brush syn 悖谬 悖謬 bèi miù absurd / irrational syn 摆卖 擺賣 bǎi mài hawking / street vending 摆满 擺滿 bǎi mǎn to spread over an area 白毛 bái máo white hair (of animals) / see also 白髮|白发[bai2 fa4] 白茅 bái máo cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia syn 白煤 bái méi anthracite / hard coal / white coal / waterpower syn 拜魔 bài mó to worship the devil 白目 bái mù (slang) stupid / moron 拔锚 拔錨 bá máo to weigh anchor syn 把妹 bǎ mèi to pick up a girl / to get a girl 